Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2007 - 08
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 7 February 2008

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 7 February 2008
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 7 February 2008

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 7 February of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Thursday 7 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 7 February see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

1
N Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, with reference to the Answer of 29th October 2007, Official Report, column 706W, on post offices: closures, if he will make an assessment of the impact on transport-related climate change emissions arising from the Post Office Network change programme.

(185547)

2
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which post office branches closed temporarily in each parliamentary constituency in each month from January 2005 to October 2007.

(185924)

3
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which temporary post office closures in each parliamentary constituency were made permanent between January 2005 and October 2007; and on what date each closure was made permanent.

(185925)

4
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many new post office outreach services were created in each month from January 2005 to October 2007.

(185926)

5
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many temporarily closed post office branches remained part of the Post Office network at the beginning of each month from January 2005 to October 2007.

(185927)

6
N Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, with reference to the meeting held by his Department with the hon. Member for Billericay on 12th December 2007, if he will instruct Post Office Ltd to release financial data pertaining to post offices earmarked for closure to Essex County Council before the proposed closure of such post offices on 11th February.

(185555)

7
Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he will make the statutory instrument necessary to enable consumers of energy to request real time consumption display devices.

(185983)

8
Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the Government intends to provide free real-time energy consumption display devices to householders.

(185984)

9
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many households in (a) private, (b) registered social landlord and (c) local authority housing were in fuel poverty in each of the last five years.

(185899)

10
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) pensioner households and (b) households with children were living in fuel poverty in each English region in each of the last five years.

(185900)

11
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Government has taken to promote awareness of the national minimum wage since its introduction.

(185371)

12
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Government has taken to encourage West Midlands businesses to examine the opportunities arising from the hosting of the 2012 Olympic Games.

(185372)

13
N Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much Ofgem (a) collected and (b) transferred to the Scottish Consolidated Fund in respect of the Scottish fossil fuel levy in each of the last three years.

(185495)

14
N Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the Gibbons Review recommendation to review the circumstances in which it is appropriate for employment tribunal chairs to sit alone, in order to ensure that lay members are used in a way that adds most value; and if he will make a statement.

(185070)

15
N Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent assessment he has made of the role of lay members on employment tribunals; and if he will make a statement.

(185071)

16
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) bankruptcy orders and (b) company liquidations there were in the agriculture sector in each year since 1997.

(185650)

17
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent assessment he has made of Postwatch's ability to carry out its statutory duties.

(186028)

18
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the quality of the Post Office's consultation process for proposed branch closures.

(186029)

19
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what system there is for appealing against post office closures following the announcement of the Post Office's response to public consultation on branch closures in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

(186030)

20
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which local authorities made submissions to the Post Office consultation on the post office network change programme for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

(186031)

21
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the cost was of the Post Office's consultation on the network change programme for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

(186032)

22
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many responses were received in relation to each branch proposed for closure in the Post Office's consultation on the post office network change programme for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

(186033)

23
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to his Answer of 15th October 2007, Official Report, column 805W, on fuel poverty, what the duration is of each of the social initiatives announced by the six major energy suppliers in light of the 2007 Energy White Paper; and if he will make a statement.

(185262)

24
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to paragraph 2.1.25 of the 2007 Energy White Paper, what ways of reducing the costs associated with pre-payment meters his Department has considered; and if he will make a statement.

(185360)

25
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the operating costs of (a) the National Consumer Council, (b) Energywatch, (c) Postwatch and (d) Consumer Direct were in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07.

(185758)

26
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the forecast outturn operating cost of (a) the National Consumer Council, (b) Energywatch, (c) Postwatch and (d) Consumer Direct is for 2007-08.

(185759)

27
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the budgeted operating cost for (a) the National Consumer Council, (b) Energywatch, (c) Postwatch and (d) Consumer Direct is for 2008-09.

(185760)

28
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the budgeted operating cost is for (a) the National Consumer Council and (b) Consumer Direct in 2009-10.

(185761)

29
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what records his Department holds of grants made by institutions of the European Union to UK trades unions in the last five years.

(186091)

30
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what restrictions apply to trades unions making payments from their general funds to organisations other than political parties which engage in (a) campaigning for changes to legislation and (b) political campaigning.

(186092)

31
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what guidance his Department has issued on the permissable use of resources from trades unions' general funds for campaign purposes.

(186093)

32
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 1480W, on the union modernisation fund, what the membership is of the independent supervisory board; and by what criteria they were appointed.

(186094)

33
N Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the information and communications technology (ICT) industry on the energy efficiency of ICT products.

(185387)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

34
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 25th July 2007, Official Report, columns 62-3WS, on tax credit administration, what has been the effect of rectifying the administrative error in the tax credit system on the time it takes HM Revenue and Customs to (a) resolve (i) pre-existing and (ii) fresh complaints, (b) submit information regarding (A) pre-exisiting and (B) fresh complaints to the Adjudicator and (c) submit information regarding (1) pre-existing and (2) fresh complaints to the Parliamentary Ombudsman in (x) affected and (y) unaffected cases.

(186017)

35
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will freeze the level of duty on diesel; and if he will make a statement.

(185631)

36
Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is the Government's policy to reduce value added tax on energy efficiency devices from 17.5 per cent. to 5 per cent.

(185985)

37
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the effective tax rate is for (a) bingo clubs, (b) casinos, (c) local betting offices and (d) adult gaming centres.

(185703)

38
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times he, his Ministers or his officials have met representatives of (a) Friends of the Earth, (b) Greenpeace, (c) the World Wildlife Fund, (d) AirportWatch, (e) the Aviation Environment Federation, (f) HACAN Clearskies, (g) Stop Stansted Expansion, (h) Plane Stupid, (i) the Council for the Protection of Rural England, (j) the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, (k) the Woodland Trust and (l) Enoughsenough to discuss issues related to (i) the sustainable growth and (ii) environmental taxation of aviation in the UK since 2007.

(185817)

39
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated cost to the public purse was of tax exemptions to (a) second home owners and (b) buy to let landlords in each year since 2000.

(185972)

40
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the results of the consultation on banknote issue arrangements in Scotland and Northern Ireland were; and if he will make a statement.

(185637)

41
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with Scottish banks regarding the issuing of Scottish banknotes.

(185638)

42
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met representatives of the Scottish banking industry; and if he will make a statement.

(185639)

43
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met (a) representative bodies from (i) Scotland and (ii) Northern Ireland note-issuing banks and (b) the Bank of England to discuss the consultation on banknote issue arrangements in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

(185640)

44
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, column 289W, on Crown lands and estates: wind power, what proportion of the income derived by the Crown Estate from wind powered electricity generating installations situated offshore came from (a) rental fees charged to third party wind power generators and (b) wind powered electricity generated by Crown Estate operations in each financial year since 2001-02.

(185949)

45
N Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, after what period of time HM Revenue and Customs sends reminders to companies informing them of their obligation to send belated payments of tax.

(185364)

46
N Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms are in place to prevent the resending of tax late payment reminders to companies who have paid.

(185368)

47
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints from individuals directly his Department has received as a consequence of the loss of personal data held by his Department and its agencies.

(185809)

48
N Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what restrictions there are on the importation of low alcohol wine from EU Member States; and what plans he has to review such arrangements.

(185382)

49
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of UK households below (a) 60 per cent., (b) 50 per cent. and (c) 40 per cent. of the median household income are eligible for, but not in receipt of (i) child benefit, (ii) working tax credit and (iii) child tax credit.

(185908)

50
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of children living in households whose income is below (a) 60 per cent., (b) 50 per cent. and (c) 40 per cent. of the median household income are eligible for, but not in receipt of (i) child benefit, (ii) working tax credit and (iii) child tax credit.

(185909)

51
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of children who would be lifted out of poverty if all households claimed the full amount of (a) child benefit, (b) child tax credit and (c) working tax credit to which they are entitled.

(185914)

52
Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he or his officials have met representatives of the Far Eastern Investment Corporation in relation to Northern Rock.

(185711)

53
Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Richard Branson's consortium for Northern Rock includes the Far Eastern Investment Corporation.

(185712)

54
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many seizures of illegal meat imported into the UK were made in each year since 2001, broken down by (a) country of origin and (b) product type; and what the total weight seized in each year was.

(185623)

55
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many product of animal origin detector dogs have been used at ports and airports in Great Britain in each year since 2001.

(185624)

56
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been allocated to tackle illegal imports of products of animal origin in each of the last five years.

(185625)

57
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what public information booklets were published by his Department in 2007; and what the (a) print run and (b) cost to the Department was in each case.

(185790)

58
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the major brands of smuggled hand-rolled tobacco seized were in each of the last five years for which data is available.

(185357)

59
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion, by weight, of the smuggled hand-rolling tobacco seized was (a) industry manufactured and (b) counterfeit in each of the last five years for which data is available.

(185358)

60
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the smuggled UK cigarette market made up of counterfeit brands in each of the last five years for which data is available.

(185359)

61
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised by landfill tax between January 2005 and December 2007; how much he expects to raise from landfill tax in 2008; and how the money is being used.

(185606)

62
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Ribble Valley of 4th February 2008, Official Report, column 860W, if he will provide comparable figures for the number of unemployed university graduates for each year from 1997 to 2002.

(186044)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

63
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, columns 267-71W, on literacy: Greater London, what the number of children in each borough is from which the percentages for 2007 in table 3 are derived.

(185763)

64
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) infant, (b) junior, (c) primary, (d) secondary and (e) special schools have been awarded ratings of (i) outstanding, (ii) good, (iii) satisfactory and (iv) inadequate following an inspection by Ofsted in each London borough in each of the last five years.

(185982)

65
N Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government plans to take to educate parents about nutrition.

(185366)

66
N Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government plans to take to identify families with an increased risk of obesity.

(185367)

67
N Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to issue guidance to schools on raising awareness among pupils of the risks associated with alcohol.

(185383)

68
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers qualified in food technology are employed in each London borough.

(185733)

69
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the rate of teenage pregnancy in Bexley was (a) in 1997 and (b) in each of the last two years.

(185735)

70
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were assessed as having behavioural difficulties in each London borough in each of the last five years.

(185736)

71
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils in pupil referral units did not gain a single GCSE C grade or higher in each of the last five years.

(185605)

72
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils in each constituency gained five GCSE A* to C grades in subjects including English, mathematics, science and at least one modern language in the last period for which figures are available.

(185777)

73
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many surplus places there are in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools designated as rural schools.

(185778)

74
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils in receipt of free school meals did not gain a single grade C or higher at GCSE in the last year for which figures are available.

(185779)

75
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils in receipt of free school meals gained three A grades at A-level in mainstream maintained schools in the last period for which figures are available.

(185780)

76
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils in primary schools designated as rural schools achieved level 4 or above in Key Stage 2 tests in the last period for which figures are available.

(185781)

77
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils in receipt of free school meals had been excluded from school in the previous year in the latest period for which figures are available.

(185782)

78
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils in each constituency have been given (a) permanent and (b) fixed period exclusions in the latest period for which figures are available.

(185783)

79
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment his Department has made of trends in retaking (a) AS and (b) A2 modules in schools.

(185784)

80
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what information his Department has collected on the number of fixed period exclusions from primary schools in 2005-06; and if he will place a copy in the Library.

(185803)

81
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in how many mainstream maintained schools one or more pupils gained no passes at GCSE in the last period for which figures are available.

(185804)

82
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many comprehensive schools did not enter any pupils for GCSEs in English, mathematics, science and a modern language in the latest period for which figures are available.

(185935)

83
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many independent schools did not enter any pupils for GCSE examinations in English, mathematics, science and a modern language in the latest period for which figures are available.

(185965)

84
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils in pupil referral units were entered for GCSE examinations in the latest period for which figures are available.

(186027)

85
N Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) 16 and 17 year olds and (b) 18 to 24 year olds of each sex were not in education, employment or training in the latest period for which figures are available.

(185384)

86
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many additional childcare places have been (a) provided, (b) lost and (c) left available to the 100 local authorities with the worst incidences of multiple deprivation in each year since 1997.

(185866)

87
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of children in care have a named qualified social worker assigned to them.

(185459)

88
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what public information booklets were published by his Department in 2007; and what the (a) print run and (b) cost to the Department was in each case.

(185795)

89
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children of Zimbabwean nationals are being educated in English schools.

(185802)

90
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will review the 10 per cent. target threshold for surplus places for (a) all schools and (b) rural schools; and if he will make a statement.

(185819)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

91
N Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the (a) service first guidance and (b) other guidance to Government departments about answering correspondence from the public is in force; and if he will make a statement.

(185011)

92
N Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether it is the Government's policy to publish geographic telephone numbers of Government Departments and agencies that use non-geographic numbers for call centres.

(177945)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

93
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the performance in reaching residential energy efficiency targets of (a) local authorities in England, (b) local authorities in each region and (c) each London local authority in respect of (i) private, (ii) registered social landlord and (iii) local authority housing; and if she will make a statement.

(185755)

94
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of households living in temporary accommodation had someone in work in each of the last 10 years.

(185897)

95
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many tenants in social housing were evicted in each of the last 10 years.

(185907)

96
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) private, (b) registered social landlord and (c) local authority properties have been found to have a category 1 hazard under the housing health and safety ratings system since its inception.

(185969)

97
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) private, (b) registered social landlord and (c) local authority properties have been assessed as having category 1 hazards under the housing health and safety ratings sytem in each London local authority area.

(185970)

98
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of (a) private, (b) registered social landlord and (c) local authority households were estimated to be overcrowded in (i) England, (ii) each English region and (iii) each London borough in (A) 1990, (B) 2000 and (C) 2006.

(185973)

99
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households were assisted with securing private rented accommodation by homelessness units in (a) England, (b) each English region and (c) each London local authority area in each year since 2003-04.

(185974)

100
Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities had signed the Small Business Friendly Concordat by 31st January 2008; and what proportion of local authorities in England this represents.

(186006)

101
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the real terms change in Government grant for local authorities was (a) excluding ring fenced schools grants and the same proportion of the education standard spending assessment as the schools formula spending share represented in 2003-04 of the educational formula spending share in each of the years 1997-98 to 2002-03, (b) excluding ring fenced school grants and the schools formula spending share in each year from 2003-04 to 2005-06 and (c) (i) including and (ii) excluding ring fenced school grants in (A) 2006-07 and (B) 2007-08; and what the real terms change is expected to be (1) including and (2) excluding ring fenced school grants in (x) 2008-09, (y) 2009-10 and (z) 2010-11.

(185385)

102
N Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will (a) adapt planning policy to promote the use of wood reserves as a renewable energy source and (b) ask the Biomass Task Force to examine the contribution of (i) wood and (ii) wood processing to the Government's renewable energy targets.

(185496)

103
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what stage each local authority's minerals and waste development proposals has reached.

(185654)

104
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects the working party on firefighters' pensions announced on 22nd January to (a) meet and (b) report; and if she will make a statement.

(185855)

105
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of staff in the fire and rescue service were firefighters in each year since 1997.

(185856)

106
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have not yet returned to their homes following flooding in summer 2007.

(185614)

107
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the proposal that tenants should be actively seeking work will apply to (a) council tenants, (b) tenants of registered social landlords, (c) existing tenants, (d) new tenants and (e) registered social landlord tenants on partial purchase schemes; and what account was taken of (i) secure and assured tenancies and (ii) the obligation on local authorities to re-house families with children in deciding on the proposal.

(185604)

108
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who the sponsors are of the housing growth and eco-towns regional seminars arranged by her Department and the Town and Country Planning Association; whether any of the sponsors are potential developers of eco-towns; and what guidelines she has issued over potential conflicts of interest between her Department and the Town and Country Planning Association and potential eco-town developers.

(185457)

109
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have designated areas where landlords must be licensed; and, in each case, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of such designations.

(185688)

110
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what public information booklets were published by her Department in 2007; and what the (a) print run and (b) cost to the Department was in each case.

(185796)

111
N Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding has been allocated by her Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental bodies to (a) Warrington and (b) Cheshire in each year since 1997; and for what purpose the funds have been allocated in each case.

(185587)

112
N Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many non-geographic telephone numbers are in use by her Department and its agencies; and what revenue their use generated in each year for which figures are available.

(180715)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

113
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many sports clubs are registered in each London borough.

(185971)

114
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government has taken to promote the preservation of historic buildings in the West Midlands since 1997.

(181578)

115
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government has taken to encourage the public to visit historic buildings since 1997.

(181579)

116
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government plans to take to support those performing live music.

(181580)

117
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government has taken to reduce levels of gambling addiction since 1997.

(182000)

118
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to mark 2008 as the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.

(185373)

119
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent meetings he and officials in his Department have had with finds liaison officers on the Portable Antiquities Scheme; and what assessment he has made of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council's proposals for funding for the Scheme in 2008-09.

(185612)

120
Mark Fisher (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to make regulations under powers granted him by section 134 (9) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.

(185686)

121
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's latest estimate is of the number of people in each region who will require assistance through the Targeted Assistance Scheme during digital switchover.

(185636)

122
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) representatives of other Government departments, (c) the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games 2012 and (d) the Olympic Development Agency on (i) ethical and fair trade issues and (ii) the use of child labour in the manufacturing of merchandise for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; and on which dates such discussions took place.

(185660)

123
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of progress towards his Department's public service agreement target to increase significantly the take-up of sports opportunities by users from priority groups; and if he will make a statement.

(185845)

124
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people aged 16 and above (a) from black and ethnic minority groups, (b) with a limiting disability, (c) from low socio-economic groups, (d) who are women and (e) in total did not participate in any form of sport (i) in each year for which figures are available and (ii) in the latest period for which figures are available.

(185846)

125
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people aged 16 and over (a) from black and ethnic minority groups, (b) with a limiting disability, (c) from low socio-economic groups, (d) who are women and (e) in total (i) participated in active sports at least 12 times a year and (ii) engaged in at least 30 minutes of moderate intensity level sport at least three times a week (A) in each year for which figures are available and (B) at the latest date for which figures are available.

(185847)

126
Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proposals English Heritage has made for future provision for the protection of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site; and if he will make a statement.

(185632)

127
Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library a copy of his report to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee on the future of Stonehenge; and if he will make a statement.

(185633)

128
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will conduct a feasibility study into the effect of likely changes to staffing levels within the Portable Antiquities Scheme in 2008-09 on its (a) finds recording and (b) educational outreach activities; and if he will make a statement.

(185521)

129
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the number of posts in the Portable Antiquities Scheme if funding for 2008-09 is maintained at current levels.

(185522)

130
Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to reply substantively to the letter of 4th December 2007 from the hon. Member for West Derbyshire concerning his constituent, Mr B. Mallalieu.

(185762)

131
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what public information booklets were published by his Department in 2007; and what the (a) print run and (b) cost to the Department was in each case.

(185797)

132
N Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which organisations in the North West have been notified by Arts Council England of withdrawal of funding; what amounts are involved in each case; and what transitional arrangements are to be put in place in each case.

(185588)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

133
N Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has received from his US counterpart on military (a) force levels and (b) strategy in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

(185377)

134
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent support (a) his Department and (b) the armed forces have offered to the government of Colombia in combating the smuggling of illegal drugs across the Colombia-Venezuela border.

(185494)

135
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) name and (b) age at death was of each British serviceman and woman (i) killed and (ii) severely injured in Afghanistan since 2001; and what the (A) location and (B) date of each death or injury was.

(185264)

136
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the latest edition of his Department's Local Overseas Allowances Survey report.

(185713)

137
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's (a) Pension Abatement Review and (b) X Factor Review for financial years 1997-98 to 2007-08.

(185714)

138
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's manning evidence provided to the Senior Salaries Review Board for each financial year from 1997-98.

(185715)

139
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's (a) main manning evidence and (b) mid-year update manning evidence provided to the Armed Forces Pay Review Board for each financial year from 1997-98.

(185716)

140
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the tables containing data on (a) medical officers and dentists, (b) nursing staff and (c) allied health professionals provided to the Armed Forces Pay Review Board in respect of each financial year from 1997-98.

(185717)

141
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's (a) ACO 85 and (b) Votes A returns for each month since 2005-06.

(185718)

142
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's Annual Army Abstract 2007.

(185719)

143
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's latest (a) ATRA trainee strength by UIN and (b) ATRA trained soldier gains by Arms/Corps.

(185720)

144
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's (a) trained officer target structures, (b) trained soldier target structures and (c) Army Output Map produced since 2005-06.

(185721)

145
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's (a) Army Monthly Manning Report and (b) Army cascade returns for each month since 2005-06.

(185722)

146
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's (a) Navy sitrep - main version and (b) Navy sitrep - Royal Marine version for each month since 2005-06.

(185723)

147
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the Royal Navy's (a) Manpower Planning Assumptions, (b) Rating Planning Model, (c) Officers Planning Model, (d) Officers Strategic Planning Model and (e) Naval Manpower Brief for the financial years 2006-07 and 2007-08.

(185724)

148
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's reports on (a) the Working Patterns Survey, (b) the Leave Survey and (d) Pay Analysis - Current and Future Pay for the financial years 2005-06 and 2007-08.

(185764)

149
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of the quarterly CPS21 publication for each quarter since the third quarter of 2006-07.

(185765)

150
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of his Department's authorised civilian workforce in the financial years (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2010-11.

(185766)

151
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the departmental minute of 15th April 2005 on Manpower Data - A Need for Consistency.

(185767)

152
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the first full complement of Joint Strike Fighter aircraft to be deployed on an aircraft carrier.

(185768)

153
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many payments under the Armed Forces Compensation scheme to claimants living in the London region there have been since 2005.

(185769)

154
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of armed forces training exercises were cancelled in 2007; and if he will list each such exercise and the reason for cancellation in each case.

(185770)

155
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the latest figure is for the (a) required and (b) actual total training strength of the (i) Territorial Army, (ii) Royal Navy Reserve, (iii) Royal Marines Reserve and (d) Royal Auxiliary Air Force.

(185771)

156
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the (a) armed forces, (b) Army, (c) Navy and (d) Royal Air Force are (i) deployed on operations and (ii) conducting other military tasks.

(185772)

157
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which years his Department has staged implementation of the recommendations of the Armed Forces Pay Review body since 1977.

(185950)

158
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average tour intervals were for each unit of the (a) Royal Engineers and (b) Royal Mechanical and Electrical Engineers in the latest period for which figures are available.

(186034)

159
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armoured vehicles of each type are (a) required and (b) available for pre-deployment training.

(186035)

160
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much expenditure his Department has incurred repairing armoured vehicles damaged as a result of operations in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan since 2001.

(186036)

161
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armoured vehicles of each type are (a) available to be deployed immediately, (b) undergoing repair, (c) undergoing Bowman conversion, (d) in storage and (e) being used for training purposes.

(186037)

162
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the recruitment (a) requirement and (b) actual number achieved for the (i) infantry, (ii) Royal Artillery, (iii) Royal Logistics Corps and (iv) Royal Signals was in each month in 2007.

(186041)

163
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on the use of universal serial bus flash memory data storage devices to store (a) restricted, (b) confidential, (c) secret and (d) top secret data.

(186050)

164
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many universal serial bus flash memory data storage devices used to store (a) restricted, (b) confidential, (c) secret and (d) top secret data have been lost by or stolen from his Department in each year since 2001.

(186051)

165
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the most recent briefing team reports from (a) the Chief of the General Staff, (b) the Chief of the Air Staff and (c) the First Sea Lord.

(186052)

166
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports Ministers in his Department have received from (a) civil servants and (b) military personnel in the last three months.

(186053)

167
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether non-NATO European Union member states providing EU battlegroups in support of the EU's Battlegroup concept train to NATO common standards.

(186054)

168
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports have been commissioned by Ministers in his Department in the last three months.

(186056)

169
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 21st January 2008, Official Report, column 1601W, on military equipment: Iraq, on what dates the (a) sets of body armour, (b) AK47 assault rifles, (c) underslung grenade launchers for AK47s and (d) 9mm pistols were gifted to Iraqi forces in 2005.

(185659)

170
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effects of the placing of the order for two aircraft carriers on the skills base of the UK maritime industry; and if he will make a statement.

(185610)

171
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the value of the work share on the two new aircraft carriers to the North East economy.

(185611)

172
Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Government received the formal request from the United States administration for Menwith Hill to be used in the US Missile Defense System.

(185849)

173
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many joint strike fighters he plans to order in (a) the first tranche and (b) total; when he expects the first tranche of joint strike fighters to be available for ordering; on what date his Department first established that no joint strike fighters would be available by the planned in-service date of the first of the future aircraft carriers; how many (i) joint strike fighters and (ii) Harrier GR9s he plans to deploy on each future aircraft carrier; when he expects the order will be placed for each future aircraft carrier; and what the in-service date for each is expected to be.

(184949)

174
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people from Northern Ireland joined the British Army in 2007.

(185673)

175
John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the evaluation of the post-operational stress management pilot will be (a) completed and (b) published.

(185986)

176
John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the next report on health surveillance research on personnel deployed on Operation Herrick and Operation Telic will be made; and whether the research will continue until the end of all troop deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.

(185987)

177
John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the evaluation of the trauma risk management pilot programme will be (a) completed and (b) published.

(185988)

178
John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to undertake an evaluation of its new sickness absence management programme.

(185989)

179
John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time was for a person's medical records to be transferred to the NHS following a medical discharge from the armed forces in the last 12 months.

(185990)

180
John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to introduce electronic medical records within the armed forces; and when they will be introduced.

(185991)

181
N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken on (a) informing and (b) advising those whose personal data was contained in the missing laptops; and if he will make a statement.

(185361)

182
N Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advice has been given to those whose data was contained on the missing departmental laptops.

(185362)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

183
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department takes to monitor residential energy efficiency.

(185967)

184
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department finalised its guidance on the new rules for sheep and goat identification.

(186049)

185
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to reduce fly tipping in the West Midlands since 1997.

(177320)

186
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to encourage homeowners to compost their kitchen and garden waste since 1997.

(177321)

187
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) he, (b) his Ministers and (c) his officials have met representatives of (i) Friends of the Earth, (ii) Greenpeace, (iii) WWF-UK, (iv) Airportwatch, (v) Stop Stansted Expansion, (vi) Plane Stupid, (vii) the Aviation Environment Federation, (viii) Enoughsenough, (ix) Hacan Clearskies, (x) the Campaign to Protect Rural England, (xi) the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and (xii) the Woodland Trust to discuss issues related to the sustainable growth of aviation in the UK in the last six months; and how often such meetings have taken place.

(185805)

188
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding he has allocated to his Department's wood fuel strategy in each of the next three years.

(186057)

189
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on developing common policies on reduction of bovine tuberculosis.

(186058)

190
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many individuals received £200,000 or more from the single farm payments scheme in each year for which figures are available; and how much was paid to those recipients in each such year.

(185263)

191
N Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated cost of the planned refurbishment of his Department's offices at Kings Pool, York is; and if he will make a statement.

(185489)

192
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many mains water courses for which (a) the Environment Agency and (b) internal drainage boards are responsible have been dredged since July 2007; and what length of water courses has been dredged.

(185613)

193
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of his Department's flood protection budget will be spent on administration in 2007-08.

(185615)

194
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional flood defences have started to be constructed since the floods in summer 2007.

(185616)

195
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on new flood defences since the floods in the summer of 2007.

(185617)

196
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) soya bean meal and its derivatives and (b) maize and its derivatives were imported into the UK from each supplying country for each year since 2001, separately identifying where appropriate any amounts which were from GM crops.

(185618)

197
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on (a) leaflets, (b) posters, (c) other advertising, (d) the branded mobile unit and (e) merchandising to support outreach activity on the risk from illegal imports of products of animal origin in each year since 2001.

(185647)

198
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many holdings with dairy cows in each county in England there were in each year since 2001.

(185648)

199
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms there were in each county in England in each year since 2001.

(185649)

200
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to announce his decision on sugar quota levels.

(185651)

201
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many regulations were (a) implemented and (b) revoked by his Department in each year since 2001; and what estimate he has made of the cost to industry of complying with regulations implemented by his Department in each year since 2001.

(185708)

202
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of illegally imported meat entering the UK which was (a) contaminated with virus and (b) not detected in the last 12 months.

(185709)

203
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what volume of meat of each type was imported from each country of despatch into the UK in each of the last five years.

(185978)

204
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of imported meat that was processed in the UK and subsequently labelled as British in the last 12 months.

(185979)

205
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what public information booklets were published by his Department in 2007; and what the (a) print run and (b) cost to the Department was in each case.

(185794)

206
Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the conclusions of the Wildlife Law Enforcement Working Group meeting in July 2007 were on the illegal trade in falcons; and whether these conclusions were taken into account in deciding whether to retain the (a) peregrine falcon and (b) merlin in the bird registration scheme.

(185857)

207
Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what species he is considering removing from Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; and what mechanisms he plans to put in place to monitor the effects of removal from the Schedule on wild populations of such species.

(185858)

208
Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account is taken of the conservation status of species at (a) UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales, (e) Northern Ireland and (f) regional level in deciding whether to retain species on Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

(185859)

209
N Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate the market transformation programme has made of the energy demands of computer data centres in (a) 2007-08 and (b) future years; and if he will make a statement.

(185386)

210
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons a draft Marine Bill was not presented to Parliament in (a) the 2005-06 Session and (b) the 2006-07 Session; and if he will make a statement.

(186007)

211
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect the marine biodiversity of Lyme Bay.

(186008)

212
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to agree a contract to provide aerial surveillance for fisheries protection over the next five years; and if he will make a statement.

(186009)

213
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) percentage and (b) number of 10 metre and under vessels were actively fishing against quota in 2007; and if he will make a statement.

(186010)

214
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of fish discarded by 10 metre and under vessels because of being over-quota in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(186011)

215
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will host a meeting of anti-whaling nations before the next meeting of the International Whalling Commission; and if he will make a statement.

(186012)

216
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reports he has received of countries being lobbied for recruitment to the International Whaling Commission by the pro-whaling group of nations; and if he will make a statement.

(186076)

217
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the European Commission's Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee on Fisheries has assessed any UK fishery in relation to its viability for a discard ban; and if he will make a statement.

(186077)

218
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with representatives of the fishing industry about the implications of the proposals outlined in the Commission Communication COM (2007) 136; and if he will make a statement.

(186078)

219
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the European Commission and (b) other EU member states on the proposals in Commission Communication COM (2007) 136; and if he will make a statement.

(186079)

220
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what level of fish discards of each species there was as a result of the North Sea Nephrops Discard Pilot Project; and if he will make a statement.

(186080)

221
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what level of fish discards of each species there was as a result of the Irish Sea Discard Pilot Project; and if he will make a statement.

(186081)

222
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much by catch of each species was discarded for being (a) over quota, (b) juvenile and (c) of low market value in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(186082)

223
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the European Commission to publish the timetable for introducing a discard ban; and if he will make a statement.

(186083)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

224
Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2008, Official Report, columns 1850-1W, on the Chevening scholarship programme, whether he plans to reduce the number of Chevening scholarships available.

(185981)

225
N Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Chad; and if he will make a statement.

(185051)

226
N Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he proposes to take to ensure that Simon Mann does not face the death penalty in Equatorial Guinea; and if he will make a statement.

(185520)

227
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Russian government over access to prison medical care for Vasily Alexanian.

(185607)

228
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what public information booklets were published by his Department in 2007; and what the (a) print run and (b) cost to the Department was in each case.

(185791)

229
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support the IFES in relation into the standards of electoral practice and democracy in other countries.

(185684)

230
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the sanctions against President Mugabe of Zimbabwe and other members of the Zimbabwean government are intended to apply to access to educational opportunities in the UK for Zimbabwean nationals; and if he will make a statement.

(185801)

231
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last visited (a) India and (b) Sri Lanka; and when he plans next to visit (i) India, (ii) Pakistan and (iii) Sri Lanka.

(185776)

232
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support he has made available to the family of Simon Mann; what counselling services have been made available to Mr Mann; which Government officials have met Mr Mann in the last month; where those meetings took place; and what representations the Government has made to the government of Equatorial Guinea about Mr Mann in the last two weeks.

(185729)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

233
Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which medical procedures the Burton Independent Sector Treatment Centre offers to patients.

(186046)

234
Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which medical procedures the Burton Independent Sector Treatment Centre offered to patients when it opened.

(186047)

235
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Answer of 17th September 2007, Official Report, column 2209W, on infant foods: fluoride, whether his Department has completed its evaluation of advice issued by the American Dental Association that fluoridated water should not be used to make-up powdered infant formula because of the risk of dental fluorosis; and if he will publish that evaluation.

(185732)

236
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, upon what criteria the recently announced funds for consultation on fluoridation of the public water supply will be allocated between health authorities.

(185936)

237
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the population have dental fluorosis; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of the population likely to have dental fluorosis in areas where the public water supply is fluoridated.

(185937)

238
N Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the role of specialist urology nurses in infection control.

(185556)

239
N Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of a cap on specialist urology nurse visits, as proposed in the Department of Health consultation on Part IX of the Drug Tariff.

(185557)

240
N Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) children and (b) young people in the UK were identified as having incontinence problems in the latest period for which figures are available.

(185558)

241
N Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, column 343W, on incontinence: medical equipment, how much of the £487 million per annum is (a) Part IX dressings and reagents expenditure, (b) Part IX stoma expenditure, (c) Part IX incontinence expenditure and (d) any other Part IX expenditure; and if he will make a statement.

(185585)

242
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women were treated at Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, for (i) alcohol-related injuries and (ii) alcohol-related illnesses in (A) 1996-97 and (B) 2006-07.

(185010)

243
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with officials at the (a) Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and (b) Office of Fair Trading on the implications of reducing reimbursement prices for stoma and incontinence products to below cost.

(185698)

244
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue guidance to dispensing appliance contractors on how to prioritise those patients who should receive a stoma customisation service in the event of a volume cap being placed on this service.

(185702)

245
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adverse drug reaction reports were received through the yellow card reporting system for (a) all anti-psychotic drugs, (b) traditional anti-psychotic drugs and (c) atypical anti-psychotic drugs in each of the last five years; and how many prescriptions there were for each such type of drug in each year.

(186015)

246
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each age cohort experienced an adverse drug reaction in (a) England, (b) each region, (c) each strategic health authority and (d) each primary care trust area in each year since 2003; and how many such reactions in each category were fatal.

(186042)

247
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged between (a) 50 and 64 years old, (b) 65 and 74 years old and (c) over 75 years old (i) died and (ii) were injured by adverse drug reactions in each year since 2003.

(186043)

248
N Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of development and publication of the document Health for all, have your say was.

(185365)

249
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the policy of the Food Standards Agency is on the importation and sale of low alcohol wine.

(185800)

250
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which strategic health authorities have applied to his Department for support for plans to fluoridate local water supplies.

(186055)

251
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on services for adults with autism by each primary care trust in London in the last five years for which figures are available.

(185734)

252
N Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls to the National Drugs Helpline were about anabolic steroids in each year since 1997.

(185370)

253
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will break down by (a) age group and (b) type of disability the number of people with disabilities under the age of 35 in Norwich North constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(185608)

254
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of macular degeneration in Wirral West constituency has been in the last five years; and what plans he has to screen those over 60 for the disease.

(185850)

255
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of stroke was in each (a) strategic health authority area, (b) primary care trust area, (c) Westminster constituency, (d) English region and (e) socio-demographic group in each year since 2002.

(185822)

256
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons he is planning to re-open negotiations with GPs on out-of-hours services to patients.

(185646)

257
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people had been waiting for more than six weeks for a hearing assessment on the latest date for which information is available; and what estimate has been made of the number likely to be waiting more than six weeks in March 2008.

(186014)

258
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with (a) hepatitis C and (b) HIV have (i) committed suicide and (ii) had contact with NHS mental services while receiving NHS drug treatment since 1997.

(186016)

259
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for Seroxat were issued by general practitioners in England from 1997 to 2007.

(186059)

260
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of those who committed suicide were taking prescribed anti-depressant medication at the time of death from 1997 to 2007.

(186060)

261
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any categories of clinical or nursing staff are exempt from the bare below the elbow rule.

(185609)

262
N Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many human papilloma virus vaccines have been administered since the scheme was first introduced.

(185458)

263
N Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the projected costs of the (a) national cancer survivorship initiative, (b) national survey awareness of cancer, (c) national cancer equality initiative and (d) national cancer intelligence network in each of the next three years.

(185050)

264
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to enable people to register with a GP practising outside the primary care trust area in which they live.

(185775)

265
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to incentivise general practitioners to accept new patients.

(185928)

266
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to (a) clarify the rules on eligibility and (b) streamline the process for patients to register with a GP practice.

(185929)

267
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of GPs' practices' lists are (a) open, (b) open and full and (c) closed.

(185930)

268
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken to provide individuals with information on GP practices and their services since the publication of Our Health, Our Care, Our Say.

(185933)

269
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to increase the number of open GP lists.

(185934)

270
N Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been allocated to North Cheshire Hospital NHS Trust in each year since its inception; and for what purposes the funding has been allocated.

(185584)

271
N Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to improve outcomes in cancer (a) screening and (b) treatment in (i) Warrington and (ii) Cheshire in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(185586)

272
N David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the availability of treatment for (a) bone metastases caused by prostate cancer in men and (b) bone metastases caused by breast cancer in women; what biophosphonate drugs are available in the Leicester cancer care area for the treatment of bone metastases caused by (i) prostate cancer and (ii) breast cancer; and if he will make a statement.

(185497)

273
N David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent comparative assessment he has made of levels of prostate cancer screening in (a) England, (b) other parts of the UK and (c) other EU member states; and if he will make a statement.

(185548)

274
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of hours per week GPs spent using the Choose and Book system in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(185824)

275
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of hours per week GPs spent on practice based commissioning in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(185825)

276
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the effect of requiring GP surgeries to extend their opening hours on GPs' income.

(185826)

277
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to amend the General Medical Services contract to include a requirement for GPs to extend their surgery opening hours.

(185827)

278
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the likely financial impact on GP surgeries of the removal of funding for choice and booking and access directed enhanced services; and if he will provide financial support for surgeries which are adversely affected.

(185828)

279
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional financial support he will provide to GP surgeries to cover increased costs associated with extended opening hours.

(185829)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

280
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the challenges to the Security Industry Authority's minded to revoke letters have been processed; and when this process is expected to be complete.

(185696)

281
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the victimisation rate per 1,000 people was for all crimes in (a) England, (b) each English region and (c) each London local authority area in each of the last 10 years.

(185898)

282
N Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what quantities of class A drugs were seized by (a) the Concerted Inter-Agency Drug Action group in 2005-06 and (b) the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in 2006-07.

(185388)

283
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent support (a) her Department and (b) police forces have offered to the government of Colombia in combating the smuggling of illegal drugs across the Colombia-Venezuela border.

(185492)

284
N Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people wre (a) cautioned, (b) arrested and (c) convicted of supplying anabolic steroids in England and Wales in 2006.

(185369)

285
Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how many of the criminal offences created by (a) the Terrorism Act 2000, (b) the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, (c) the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 and (d) the Terrorism Act 2006 have (i) no arrests been made (ii) no prosecutions laid and (iii) no convictions gained.

(185818)

286
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been placed on individuals living in Wirral West constituency in the last two years; on what grounds each was imposed; and how many such orders were breached.

(185848)

287
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been for hunting foxes with dogs since 2005; and what steps her Department is taking to enforce the Hunting Act 2004.

(186038)

288
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 15th October 2007, Official Report, columns 553-4, on drug screening, what further progress has been made towards making a roadside drug screening device available for use by the police; and if she will make a statement.

(186018)

289
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 15th October 2007, Official Report, columns 553-4, on drug screening, when she expects a roadside drug screening device to be available for use by the police.

(186019)

290
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd November 2007, Official Report, column 1066W, on driving under influence: drugs, when the Forensic Science Service will complete the specification for a roadside drug screening device.

(186020)

291
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd November 2007, Official Report, column 1066W, on driving under influence: drugs, what progress manufacturers are making towards preparing a roadside drug screening device; when they are expected to submit a device for type approval; and how long the type approval process is expected to take.

(186021)

292
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd November 2007, Official Report, column 1066W, on driving under influence: drugs, what progress has been made by the Home Office Scientific Development Branch in its investigation into developing an impairment measuring device.

(186022)

293
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests for drug-driving took place (a) in England and (b) in each police authority area in each year since 1997.

(186024)

294
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests for drug-driving resulted in a custodial sentence (a) in England and (b) in each police authority area in each year since 1997.

(186025)

295
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many hit and run incidents where the driver was subsequently identified the driver was found to have been impaired by drugs in 2006.

(186026)

296
N Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the letter from the Minister for Immigration to the hon. Member for Thurrock dated 4th February 2008, why the presenting officer was not in a position to provide a copy of the Department's letter of 27th August 1998 to the constituent of the hon. Member for Thurrock at the constituent's appeal hearing on 16th October 2007; why there was no original copy on file; and if she will make a statement.

(185517)

297
N Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the contents or substance of the letter from the Minister for Immigration of 4th February 2008 to the hon. Member for Thurrock were made available to the presiding judge at the hon. Member for Thurrock's constituent's appeal hearing on 31st January 2008.

(185518)

298
N Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, why the letter of response to the hon. Member for Thurrock from the Minister for Immigration dated 4th February 2008 was not despatched as requested in Question 180894 prior to the hon. Member for Thurrock's constituent's appeal hearing on 31st January 2008; and if she will make a statement.

(185519)

299
N Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many naturalised UK citizens have had their citizenship revoked since 1997.

(185376)

300
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what public information booklets were published by her Department in 2007; and what the (a) print run and (b) cost to the Department was in each case.

(185793)

301
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any warrants have been granted for intrusive surveillance of (a) hon. Members and (b) Members of the House of Lords under section 32 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 since 2001.

(185730)

302
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any warrants have been granted for directed surveillance of (a) hon. Members and (b) Members of the House of Lords under section 28 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 since 2001.

(185731)

303
N Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-geographic telephone numbers are in use by her Department and its agencies; and how much revenue her Department and its agencies generated through the use of non-geographic telephone numbers in each year in which such numbers have been in use.

(180975)

Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission

304
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Horsham of 28th January 2007, Official Report, column 3W, on political activities, how many and what percentage of staff working in the House are politically restricted.

(186088)

305
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, which (a) rooms, (b) furniture and (c) telephone facilities are allocated to recognised trades unions on the parliamentary estate for their exclusive use.

(186089)

306
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, which trades unions have recognition agreements with the House authorities.

(186090)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills

307
N Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when he will respond to Question 164207 from the hon. Member for Brent East, tabled on 9th November 2007.

(184407)

308
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of entrants to (a) primary and (b) secondary school teacher training courses were (i) male and (ii) female in each year since 1997, broken down by subject for secondary school trainees.

(185689)

309
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people studied to become a teacher via (a) a PGCE, (b) SCITT, (c) a BA or BSc with QTS, (d) a BEd, (e) the Graduate Teacher Programme, (f) the Registered Teacher Programme and (g) Teach First in each of the last three years, broken down by age.

(185690)

310
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of people starting (a) primary and (b) secondary school teacher training were aged (i) under 30 and (ii) over 30 years in each of the past five years, broken down by subject for secondary school trainees.

(185691)

311
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of participants dropped out of teacher training courses in each of the last three years, broken down by age.

(185692)

312
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the total Value Added Tax (VAT) paid by higher education institutions in each of the past five years; and what forecasts he has made of such VAT receipts expected in each of the next five years.

(185693)

313
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many circulars were sent out by the Higher Education Funding Council for England in each month since January 2002.

(185694)

314
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the financial impact of the new immigration rules on the income of universities.

(185695)

315
N Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of using the (a) retail prices index, (b) the consumer prices index and (c) the retail prices index excluding mortgage interest payments to calculate interest on student loans.

(183933)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

316
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to assist the Rwandan government in achieving economic development.

(183104)

317
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid was provided to assist developing countries in the wake of natural emergencies and disasters in each of the last three years.

(183105)

318
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent support his Department has offered to the government of Colombia in combating the smuggling of illegal drugs across the Colombia-Venezuela border.

(185493)

319
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent research has been commissioned by his Department on the subject of female genital mutilation; and what steps his Department has taken to (a) raise international awareness of this issue and (b) dispel culturally-entrenched myths surrounding the practice; and if he will make a statement.

(186039)

320
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent reports he has received of commitments made by African governments to support HIV prevention efforts; and if he will make a statement.

(186040)

321
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 19th February 2007, Official Report, column 195W, on whaling, what response his Department made to the letter referred to from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; if he will place a copy of that response in the Library; and if he will make a statement.

(186048)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

322
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February 2008, Official Report, column 725W, what assessment he has made of the reasons why the cost per prisoner per annum at HMP Chelmsford is £2,397 above the national average; and if he will make a statement.

(185266)

323
N Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the Cross-Party Committee on the House of Lords has met since November 2007; and if he will publish the minutes of those meetings.

(185380)

324
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received (a) custodial and (b) non-custodial sentences on conviction for offences which included the carrying or use of a firearm in each of the last five years.

(185634)

325
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received (a) custodial and (b) non-custodial sentences on conviction for offences which included the carrying or use of a knife in each of the last five years.

(185635)

326
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what sites have been identified for mooring the prison ship announced on 31st January 2008.

(185549)

327
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average daily number of persons accommodated under the bail accommodation and supervision scheme was in the latest period for which figures are available.

(185550)

328
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many properties Clearsprings has (a) provided and (b) contracted to provide in each (i) Welsh and (ii) English region.

(185551)

329
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many responses the Government received to its tender for a prison ship in October 2006.

(185552)

330
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals were convicted of indictable offences in each of the last three years for which data is available.

(185553)

331
N Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13th December 2007, Official Report, column 906W, on Fatal Accident Injury System, what estimate he has made of the number of outstanding coroners' inquests into deaths of armed services' personnel overseas which could have been dealt with in Scotland.

(185490)

332
N Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13th December 2007, Official Report, column 906W, on Fatal Accident Injury System, how many meetings have taken place between his Department and the Scottish Executive to discuss changes to the Fatal Accident Injury System.

(185491)

333
Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration he has given to the potential use of Knutsford Crown Court for magistrates' hearings.

(185756)

334
Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were heard by Knutsford Crown Court in each of the last five years.

(185757)

335
Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases are due to be heard by Macclesfield Magistrates' Court; and how long on average the waiting period was before a case was heard by the court in the latest period for which figures are available.

(185785)

336
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders received custodial sentences following convictions for offences of illegally importing products of animal origin into the UK in each year since 2001.

(185621)

337
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what fines were imposed on offenders following conviction for offences of illegally importing products of animal origin (POAO) into the UK in each year since 2001; and what the (a) weight, (b) country of origin and (c) type of POAO seized in each case was.

(185622)

338
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what public information booklets were published by his Department in 2007; and what the (a) print run and (b) cost to the Department was in each case.

(185792)

339
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what timetable he has set for ending double-reporting of donations by hon. Members; and for what reasons the implementation of sections 59(3) and 59(4) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 has been delayed.

(186073)

340
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which trades unions his Department has a recognition agreement.

(186074)

341
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contribution his Department plans to make to the Electoral Commission's research on the political levy and political funds.

(186075)

342
Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to establish how photographs of Rosemary West taken in Bronzefield Prison came to appear in the 23rd January 2008 edition of the Daily Mirror.

(185710)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

343
Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will ensure that condoms are made available in prisons in Northern Ireland to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.

(185860)

344
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many engagements his predecessor undertook between 1st January 2007 and 27th July 2007.

(185658)

345
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the economic performance of Northern Ireland.

(185655)

346
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many violent sectarian incidents were reported in Northern Ireland in each year since 1998.

(185669)

347
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many tourists visited Northern Ireland in 2007; and what steps the Government plans to take to increase the number of such tourists.

(185670)

348
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the annual cost per head is of policing in Northern Ireland.

(185671)

349
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to strengthen ties between Northern Ireland and the rest of Great Britain.

(185672)

350
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of levels of organised crime in Northern Ireland; and what steps he plans to take to tackle this problem.

(185674)

351
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what life expectancy is in Northern Ireland.

(185675)

352
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many police officers there are in the Police Service of Northern Ireland, broken down by (a) sex and (b) religious belief.

(185676)

353
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many unsolved murders there have been in Northern Ireland over the last 30 years.

(185677)

354
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many illegal firearms he estimates are in circulation in Northern Ireland.

(185678)

355
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to tackle identity fraud in Northern Ireland.

(185679)

356
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many police officers per capita there are in Northern Ireland.

(185680)

357
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the level of unemployment was in Northern Ireland in each of the last eight years.

(185681)

358
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent progress has been made on reconciliation in Northern Ireland.

(185682)

359
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will consider prohibiting the Irish Republican Liberation Army under the Terrorism Act 2000.

(185725)

360
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of members of the command structures of the (a) Real IRA and (b) Continuity IRA.

(185726)

361
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of former Provisional IRA members who are now members of the (a) Real IRA and (b) Continuity IRA.

(185727)

362
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what reports he has received of Real IRA and Continuity IRA involvement with organised crime and criminal gangs (a) inside and (b) outside Northern Ireland.

(185966)

Questions to the Minister for the Olympics

363
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet members, (b) representatives of other Government departments, (c) the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games 2012 and (d) the Olympic Development Agency on (i) ethical and fair trade issues and (ii) the use of child labour in the manufacturing of merchandise for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; and on which dates such discussions took place.

(185661)

Questions to the Prime Minister

364
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, on what date Stephen Carter stopped undertaking work for Brunswick.

(185968)

365
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Prime Minister, what steps he took on his visit to China in January 2008 to encourage the Chinese authorities to facilitate freedom of movement and expression in China for both domestic and international press in the run-up to the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 and afterwards.

(185699)

366
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Prime Minister, how many meetings he had with Chinese officials at which media freedom was discussed during his visit to China in January 2008.

(185700)

367
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the Answer of 12th September 2007, Official Report, column 2103W, on Members: surveillance, whether the word interception is used in the Answer with the same definition as contained in section 2 (i) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.

(185728)

Questions to the Solicitor General

368
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Solicitor General, whether the rates for legal fees paid for HM Revenue and Customs prosecutions have changed since HM Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office was established.

(185656)

Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

369
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2008, Official Report, column 1084W, on political parties: finance, whether the Electoral Commission plans to commission consultants to assist it in its research on the operation of the political levy and political funds.

(186069)

370
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what budget has been set for the Electoral Commission for each of the next three financial years.

(186070)

371
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, columns 181-2W, on political parties: finance, if he will place in the Library copies of the letters sent by the Electoral Commission to the (a) Labour leadership and deputy leadership candidates in May 2007 and (b) Liberal Democrat leadership candidates in October 2007.

(186071)

372
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much expenditure the Electoral Commission incurred in severance and redundancy pay in each year since the Commission was established.

(186072)

373
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission has taken to facilitate the end of the double reporting of donations by hon. Members.

(186095)

374
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what efficiency savings the Electoral Commission plans to make over the next three years.

(186096)

375
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the effect of the Gershon review on its activities.

(186097)

376
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what (a) cashable and (b) non-cashable efficiency savings the Electoral Commission made in each of the last three years.

(186098)

377
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Taunton of 25th January 2008, Official Report, column 2277W, on departmental visits abroad, what the purpose of each foreign visit was, other than those listed as election or referendum observation.

(186099)

378
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2008, Official Report, column 1085W, on political parties: finance, what the timetable is for the Electoral Commission's planned research into the political levy and political funds.

(186100)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

379
N Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of heavy goods vehicles on roads in England which were registered abroad in each of the last three years; and what proportion of heavy goods vehicles on roads in England this represented in each year.

(185498)

380
N Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving heavy goods vehicles were reported to the police in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and of these how many involved foreign-registered heavy goods vehicles.

(185499)

381
N Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have been (a) killed and (b) injured as a result of an accident involving a foreign heavy goods vehicle in each of the last five years; and how many of these injuries have been attributed by the police to the existence of a blind-spot in the off-side mirror.

(185554)

382
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times she, her Ministers or her officials have met representatives of (a) Friends of the Earth, (b) Greenpeace, (c) the World Wildlife Fund, (d) AirportWatch, (e) the Aviation Environment Federation, (f) HACAN Clearskies, (g) Stop Stansted Expansion, (h) Plane Stupid, (i) the Council for the Protection of Rural England, (j) the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, (k) the Woodland Trust and (l) Enoughsenough to discuss the sustainable growth of aviation in the UK since September 2007.

(185816)

383
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many hoax calls the Maritime and Coastguard Agency received in each year since 2000; and how many people were convicted for making such calls in each year.

(185704)

384
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to improve health and safety for workers in the shipping industry.

(185705)

385
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to complete its review of oral examinations in the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping system.

(185706)

386
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to develop the seafaring skills base.

(185707)

387
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what targets she has set for the diversion of freight from roads to coastal shipping; and what steps her Department has taken to encourage use of coastal shipping for freight transport.

(185737)

388
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the safety implications for seafarers of exposure to emissions from ships' fuel.

(185773)

389
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the implications of climate change for the UK marine shipping industry.

(185774)

390
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) she, (b) her Ministers and (c) her officials have met representatives of (i) Friends of the Earth, (ii) Greenpeace, (iii) WWF-UK, (iv) Airportwatch, (v) Stop Stansted Expansion, (vi) Plane Stupid, (vii) the Aviation Environment Federation, (viii) Enough's Enough, (ix) Hacan Clearskies, (x) the Campaign to Protect Rural England, (xi) the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and (xii) the Woodland Trust to discuss issues related to the sustainable growth of aviation in the UK in the last six months; and how often such meetings have taken place.

(185806)

391
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints from individuals directly her Department has received as a consequence of the loss of personal data held by her Department and its agencies.

(185807)

392
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects to answer Question 179435 tabled by the hon. Member for Putney on 11th January 2008 for named day answer on 16th January 2008, on archaeological sites and proposals contained in the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport public consultation document; and if she will make a statement.

(185378)

393
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects to answer Question 179436 tabled by the hon. Member for Putney on 11th January 2008 for named day answer on 16th January 2008, on sites of significant importance for nature conservation and the proposals contained in the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport public consultation document; and if she will make a statement.

(185379)

394
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accidents involving young people caused by drivers found to be impaired by drugs there were (a) in total and (b) in each police authority in each year since 1997.

(185820)

395
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many young people subsequently found to be under the influence of drugs died as a result of road traffic accidents (a) in total and (b) in each police authority area in each year since 1997.

(185821)

396
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many parking enforcement companies received personal information from the Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority database after requesting a hard copy of this information in the latest 12 months for which figures are available.

(185687)

397
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what public information booklets were published by her Department in 2007; and what the (a) print run and (b) cost to the Department was in each case.

(185798)

398
Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effects of the terms of the young persons' railcard on the purchase of rail passes and season tickets; and what representations she has received on extending the use of such railcards for peak time travel.

(185844)

399
N Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding has been allocated by her Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental bodies to (a) Warrington and (b) Cheshire in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the funding was in each case.

(185589)

400
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will review the qualifying service time of 120 days minimum for candidates working on ferries in Category C waters as set out in the new National Boatmasters' Licence (Merchant Shipping Notice 1808); and what steps is she taking to help Category C ferry operators who operate on a part-time seasonal basis to recruit boatmasters who can satisfy the new service time requirements.

(185363)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

401
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many engagements he and his predecessor undertook in each month since January 2007.

(185653)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality

402
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps the Government plans to take on the offering of sexual services through personal advertisements in regional and local newspapers.

(185374)

403
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce the gender pay gap in the public sector.

(185375)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

404
N Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what investigation he undertook into the reasons that documents containing personal information relating to benefit claimants were left by the roadside near Exeter Airport on 17th January 2008; and if he will make a statement.

(184631)

405
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of households in social housing he estimates were in poverty in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each London local authority area in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2006-07.

(185685)

406
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the expenditure by each London local authority on discretionary housing payments was in each of the last five years.

(185975)

407
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which local authorities in London did not spend the whole of their discretionary housing payments budget in 2006-07.

(185976)

408
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households received discretionary housing payments in each London local authority area in 2005-06.

(185977)

409
Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much establishing and developing the new Pension, Disability and Carers Service Agency will cost.

(185697)

410
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many direct complaints from individuals his Department has received regarding the loss of personal data held by his Department.

(185808)

411
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department is monitoring the progress of the Employability Skills programme which his Department announced on 1st August 2007.

(185830)

412
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much it has cost to implement the Employability Skills programme which his Department announced on 1st August 2007.

(185831)

413
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people his Department estimates have found employment as a consequence of participating in the Employability Skills programme which his Department announced on 1st August 2007.

(185832)

414
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what disbursements have been made from the European Social Fund in each of the last three years in each (a) constituency and (b) local authority area.

(185833)

415
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the review of the health of the working age population has cost to date.

(185834)

416
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the report of the review of the health of the working age population to be published.

(185835)

417
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release of 5th September 2007, on advice to patients on sick leave, how successful the online training tool for GPs has been.

(185836)

418
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the in-work credit to be fully rolled out.

(185837)

419
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the partnership agreement between his Department and Citizens Advice signed in September 2007.

(185838)

420
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in which the first child is now older than 11 years have made a continuous claim for income support for lone parents since 1997.

(185861)

421
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of bus transport as a proportion of incomes of less than (a) 30 per cent., (b) 40 per cent., (c) 50 per cent. and (d) 60 per cent. of the median in each year since 1997.

(185862)

422
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of gas and electricity paid for by meter as a proportion of incomes of less than (a) 30 per cent., (b) 40 per cent., (c) 50 per cent. and (d) 60 per cent. of the median in each year since 1997.

(185863)

423
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of water bills as a proportion of incomes of less than (a) 30 per cent., (b) 40 per cent., (c) 50 per cent. and (d) 60 per cent. of the median in each year since 1997.

(185864)

424
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of children lived in workless households in each year since 1997.

(185865)

425
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the risk of fraud in claims for (a) incapacity benefit and (b) income support in cases where (i) the claimant attends the local jobcentre and (ii) the claim is maintained by post.

(185872)

426
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the likely change in the number of postal claims for (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) income support as a result of closures of jobcentres or Jobcentre Plus offices, in each region.

(185873)

427
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of pensioners did not receive their winter fuel payment before Christmas 2007.

(185874)

428
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of pensioners did not (a) receive, (b) pick up and (c) cash their state pension before Christmas 2007.

(185875)

429
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners access their pension through the Post Office; how many and what proportion received their pension (a) on or before 21st December 2007 and (b) on or by 24th December 2007; how many pensioners did not receive or were unable to access their pension on or before 24th December 2007; and if he will make a statement.

(185876)

430
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of a repayment schedule agreed with the Child Support Agency is.

(185877)

431
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of repayment schedules agreed with the Child Support Agency have been over (a) 10, (b) 20, (c) 30 and (d) 50.

(185878)

432
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the longest repayment schedule agreed by the Child Support Agency is.

(185879)

433
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individual debts written off by the Child Support Agency were worth (a) over £1 million, (b) between £500,000 and £999,999, (c) between £250,000 and £499,999, (d) between £100,000 and £249,999, (e) between £50,000 and £99,999, (f) between £20,000 and £49,999, (g) between £10,000 and £19,999, (h) between £5,000 and £9,999 and (i) between £1,000 and £4,999.

(185880)

434
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average duration is of a claim for jobseekers allowance when the claimant maintains their claim (a) in person once a fortnight and (b) by post.

(185881)

435
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who committed benefit fraud in each of the last 10 years.

(185883)

436
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of (a) the value of benefit fraud and (b) the amount recoverable from such fraud in each of the last 10 years.

(185884)

437
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people on jobseekers allowance (a) were sanctioned and (b) had their claim terminated because they went abroad in each of the last 10 years.

(185885)

438
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps a jobseeker is required to take to provide proof that he or she is actively seeking work whilst on holiday.

(185886)

439
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the maximum time is that someone on jobseekers allowance may spend on holiday each year.

(185887)

440
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the longest time is a person on jobseekers allowance has spent on holiday.

(185888)

441
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance Jobcentre Plus gives to claimants of jobseekers allowance wishing to go on holiday.

(185889)

442
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance Jobcentre Plus gives to its staff on the provision for jobseekers allowance claimants to go on holiday.

(185890)

443
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the winter fuel allowance was worth, expressed as a percentage of (a) average fuel bills and (b) average pensioner fuel bills in each of the last 10 years for which information is available, broken down by region.

(185891)

444
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioner households living in poverty (a) before housing costs and (b) after housing costs in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (i) region, (ii) local authority and (iii) constituency.

(185892)

445
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints (a) his Department, (b) the Pensions Service, (c) Jobcentre Plus, (d) the Disability and Carers Service, (e) the Health and Safety Commission and Executive, (f) the Child Support Agency, (g) the Rent Service and (h) the Debt Management Service received in each of the last 10 years.

(185894)

446
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value is of the contracts the Child Support Agency (CSA) has with external debt collectors; how much has been paid to date under such contracts; with which debt collectors the CSA has contracts; how many cases they are handling; what the total debt outstanding on transfer to the external debt collectors is; how many cases they have successfully recovered outstanding debt from (a) in full and (b) in part; and what total sum has been recovered.

(185895)

447
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the risk of fraud in claims for jobseekers allowance (a) where the claimant attends the local jobcentre once a fortnight and (b) where the claim is maintained by post.

(185896)

448
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of UK households living below (i) 60 per cent., (ii) 50 per cent. and (iii) 40 per cent. of the median household income are eligible for, but not in receipt of, child maintenance payments.

(185910)

449
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of children who are living in households below (i) 60 per cent., (ii) 50 per cent. and (iii) 40 per cent. of the median household income which are eligible for, but not in receipt of, child maintenance payments.

(185911)

450
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households (a) where child maintenance is due but has not been paid and (b) where child maintenance arrears are owed, have incomes below (i) 60 per cent., (ii) 50 per cent. and (iii) 40 per cent. of the median household income.

(185912)

451
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of children living in poverty are in households liable to pay full council tax measured (a) before housing costs and (b) after housing costs; and what the average council tax bill is for those households.

(185913)

452
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of children who would be lifted out of poverty if all households claimed in full their entitlement of council tax credit.

(185915)

453
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-resident parents with outstanding debt with the Child Support Agency are living abroad; and what the total amount was of maintenance owed by non-resident parents living abroad in each of the last 10 years for which information is available.

(185916)

454
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-resident parents registered with the Child Support Agency are living abroad; and what proportion of them were making payments to the parent with care in each of the last 10 years for which information is available.

(185917)

455
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research his Department has carried out into the effectiveness of the benefits campaign Targeting benefit thieves.

(185918)

456
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, into what categories his Department classifies types of benefit fraud.

(185919)

457
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of people involved in benefit fraud and (b) the value of such fraud in each (i) region, (ii) local authority and (iii) constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.

(185920)

458
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place a copy of the findings of the research into benefit fraud commissioned by his Department and undertaken by GfK NOP in the Library.

(185921)

459
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many representatives of his Department were located abroad in each of the last 10 years, broken down by location; and at what cost.

(185922)

460
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received incapacity benefits or severe disablement allowance on the grounds of dependency on (a) drugs and (b) alcohol in each year since 1997 for which information is available.

(185923)

461
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals received consolatory payments from (a) his Department, (b) the Child Support Agency, (c) Jobcentre or Jobcentre Plus, (d) the Disability and Carers Service, (e) the Pension Service, (f) the Rent Service and (g) the Debt Management Service in each year since 1997; what the average value of payments made in each year was; and how much was paid in consolatory payments in each year in each case.

(185931)

462
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances consolatory payments are made by (a) his Department, (b) the Child Support Agency, (c) Jobcentre or Jobcentre Plus, (d) the Disability and Carers Service, (e) the Pension Service, (f) the Rent Service and (g) the Debt Management Service; what guidance he issues on the award of consolatory payments in each case; and if he will place a copy of the guidance in the Library.

(185932)

463
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department defines a low income household; and whether this definition has changed since 1997.

(185938)

464
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department defines a household in poverty; and whether this definition has changed since 1997.

(185939)

465
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department defines material deprivation; and whether this definition has changed since 1997.

(185940)

466
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people applying for out-of-work benefits were assessed as functionally illiterate in each year since 1997.

(185942)

467
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures his Department uses for (a) child poverty, (b) working-age poverty and (c) pensioner poverty; and what criteria were taken into account in determining these measures.

(185943)

468
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the way his Department measures (a) child poverty, (b) working-age poverty and (c) pension poverty has changed since 1997.

(185944)

469
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets have been set for poverty reduction by 2010; and what progress has been made towards them.

(185945)

470
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were members of families with income of less than (a) 30 per cent., (b) 40 per cent., (c) 50 per cent. and (d) 60 per cent. of median earnings in each year since 1997.

(185946)

471
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families there were with incomes of less than (a) 30 per cent., (b) 40 per cent., (c) 50 per cent. and (d) 60 per cent. of median earnings in each year since 1997.

(185947)

472
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners there were with incomes of less than (a) 30 per cent., (b) 40 per cent., (c) 50 per cent. and (d) 60 per cent. of median earnings in each year since 1997.

(185948)

473
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of claimants of (a) jobseekers allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) income support who were living abroad in each of the last 10 years.

(185963)

474
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff of his Department were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for fraud against the Department in each of the last 10 years; and what the value of such fraud was in each year.

(185964)

475
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which external consultancy received the highest payments from his Department in each of the last four years.

(185652)

476
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many engagements he and his predecessor have undertaken since 28th July 2007.

(185657)

477
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what public information booklets were published by his Department in 2007; and what the (a) print run and (b) cost to the Department was in each case.

(185799)

478
N Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the rate of national insurance contributions was for (a) employers and (b) employees in each of the last 30 years.

(185381)

479
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to make pensions provision to meet demand over the next 20 years.

(185683)

480
N Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28th January 2008, Official Report, columns 66-7W, on unemployment, what the evidential basis was for the Secretary of State's Answer of 7th January 2008, Official Report, column 5, on child poverty, that the UK had been lagging below the average in Europe regarding the proportion of children living in workless households but was now above the average; and if he will make a statement.

(185261)

481
N Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-geographic telephone numbers are in use by his Department and its agencies; and what revenue was generated from them in each year for which figures are available.

(180896)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

482
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the total number of people, (b) the number of children and (c) the number of pensioners living in fuel poverty in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (i) region, (ii) local authority and (iii) constituency.

[Transferred] (185893)

483
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, for which (a) crops and (b) crop by-products renewable obligation certificates were issued for burning in power stations for each year since 2001; whether each was domestically grown or imported; and what the authorised amounts were in each case.

[Transferred] (185619)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

484
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of households of (a) married couples, (b) cohabiting couples and (c) lone parents with dependent children in each year since 1990.

[Transferred] (185882)

485
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the employment rate was for (a) lone parents, (b) the disabled and (c) the over 50s in each year since 1997, broken down by constituency.

[Transferred] (185941)

486
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people died as a result of a stroke in each (a) strategic health authority area, (b) primary care trust area, (c) Westminster constituency, (d) English region and (e) socio-demographic group in each year since 2002.

[Transferred] (185823)

487
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Ribble Valley of 4th February 2008, Official Report, column 860W, on graduates: unemployed, if he will provide comparable figures for the number of unemployed people aged 16 years and over in each year from 1997 to 2002.

[Transferred] (186005)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

488
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he last discussed whaling with his foreign counterparts; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (186013)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

489
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will revise the guidance given in the Food Standards Agency publication, The Provision of Allergen Information for Non-Pre-Packed Foods, to extend the distribution of such information beyond those consumers who request it.

[Transferred] (185980)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

490
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for drug-driving took place (a) in England and (b) in each police authority area in each year since 1997.

[Transferred] (186023)

Questions to the Solicitor General

491
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Solicitor General, how many successful prosecutions were made by HM Revenue and Customs for illegal importation of products of animal origin into the UK in each year since 2001.

[Transferred] (185620)

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